Family portraits

If you're photographing a family with young children be prepared in advance. Camera on and ready to start snapping straight away. This allows you to not waste valuable time before the clients arrive and let the kids go. Have toys to entertain the kids, hopefully the parents will help with getting the attention of the children if you're just shooting them. If you're shooting the whole family an assistant can be a god send. Though a puppet can also help. Something that grabs the attention just for that split second you need. Be patient, some times you might have to re-book them due to the children not playing ball. This happens but don't get mad just get that booking for another time.  

Make the shoots fun for all involved, make the parents feel comfortable. Be confident in what you are doing, joke with the parents or older children. If you're laughing they are smiling. Get those photos taken!!  

Light

Everything in photography is about light. How much you let in is the key. The less your image is going to be darker and the more it will be brighter. Now over or under exposure of your sesor or film can work to make a great photograph. Just remember photography is a form of art. You don't have to follow the rules.  

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Light can come from any place, be it the sun, a flash or a lighter and so on. Without the light you can't get that image 

Camera equipment 2016

I have been using Canon for a very long time. When I first started photography and working for Jessops, I would go over all the camera's in the shop, looking at what I couldn't afford and what was the best. I ended up going towards Canon, I really liked the L series lenses, high quality.

 At the moment I'm using the Canon EOS 5D mark III with a 24-105mm lens as my standard set up. With a 70-200mm for portraits and zoom work. I have a few speedlites but I use mostly the 600ex-rt and 430iii-rt with the radio trigger for off camera flash. I think I only have a flash on my camera when I'm shooting a concert or event.